eels05 said:
Dys said:
eels05 said:
Thats why the majority of us live on the coast.Come on its not that bad.
Yes, it really is for most of us, who do not live on the coast. Melbourne and Sydney being the most heavily populated cities in the country, each expanding some 50kms from the CBDs which are not on the coast, both cities are built on (well, very near) bays so there is none of the cool ocean breezes. In Melbourne, it's worsened of course be the crippled air con in public transport that cannot cope on days above 35 degrees (like, for example
every fucking day in December, January and February). Seriously, even being on the (southern) coast isn't so helpful, as most of the killer hot days have little wind.
Look, while it does shit me how people in the music industry constantly whine about stupid pointless stuff, I can't bear to sit idly by while somebody claims that I live in a "great climate" when, for several months a year, the temperature doesn't drop low enough for anyone to sleep comfortably (without air-conditioning). A normal person would consider a 'great climate' to be mild, maybe mid teens at night and getting up to mid 30s during the day (though even that would probably be too hot for most people).
Mate I lived in Sydney for 29yrs,most of it outwest near Parramatta.I know about humidity.But compare our weather to say that of Africa or South America and we're quite temperate all round.
Basically if you cant deal with a few hot days where you are then move over to Perth where its about 29DegC every day.
And consider yourself lucky to have air-con,a luxury,which I'm sure your aware was the main drive in my earlier post.Just another pro point in living in a pretty good country.
Erm, 29 degrees is significantly lower than what I listed as a comfortable tempurature, I suggested that mid 30s (ie, around 35) was good weather, what I was complaining about was the crippling heatwaves where the coolest day during any given week is soaring over 40, the 45+ days are no fun either, there's a pretty significant difference...at 29degrees (like, for example, today) I'll quite happily work outside (in fact, today I spent the hottest part of the day helping a friend move house), whereas on a 45 degree day I'll struggle to get to another mates house around the corner.
Yes, we probably get less than 2 weeks worth of extreme heat, but it should sure as all hell destroy the myth of Australian summers being 'nice', also, down here humidity isn't such a problem, we get a real dry heat. Not sure if you remember, but about 12 months ago we had a 46.something degree day that ended with half the state burnt to the ground, too much moisture like that you'd find in south America is hardly an issue (I imagine there are parts of Africa that are equally inhospitable, strangely I've never heard anyone refer to Kenyan summers as 'nice').
Look, I will concede that Sydney weather is far less retarded (really, that's probably the best word to use here) than Melbourne weather (if you've ever been to Melbourne you'll have no doubt heard someone complain about 'Melbourne weather') and perhaps it is far more temperate (as your considering 29 to be excessively hot would suggest), but I promise of the few things we Australians have to ***** about, the weather is one (realistically, I know how good we have it here, a lot of my criticisms on public systems are simply because I can see the potential for them to be so much better).
